The San Francisco Center for the Book

2008	Mid-year
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Support our 2008 Mid-Year Campaign! Donate your gift of $250 or more and receive a special keepsake print from our past Roadworks events. Donate Now.

Volunteer and support the Center. Volunteers earn credits for free classes. You can also support the Center when you shop at Amazon. For more information click here.

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In the News

In a first-time collaboration, SFCB and the African American Museum and Library at Oakland are presenting the exhibit Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, opening August 15 in San Francisco and September 5 in Oakland.

The Bay Area is a center for the thriving art of hand bookbinding according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

In their annual Best Of issue, SF Weekly has named us the Best Place to Take an Art Class! See what they have to say.

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Welcome to The San Francisco Center for the Book. We're a place where you can learn about the many arts and crafts of the book. Through workshops, exhibitions and public events, the SFCB promotes both knowledge of traditional book arts and exploration of experimental book forms. Have fun browsing our website.

Banned & Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship, an exhibition at two venues, opens Aug 15 at SFCB in the Austin/Burch Gallery and Sep 5 at the African American Museum and Library at Oakland. The exhibition coincides with Banned Books Week (Sep 27- Oct 3), an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA). Curated by Hanna Regev, the exhibit features work from more than 60 artists working in a variety of media. With most artists interpreting a banned book of their choice, the project provides a unique forum for visual artists to respond to the suppression of literary art. (Shown is "Building Madame Bovary," by Charles Hobson.)

To see what's going on at the SFCB day by day, check out our Calendar. Or click on Workshops to learn about classes in Printing, Binding and Related Arts. Like looking at pictures? Click Book Pix for an eye-popping visual database of the books we teach. Learn more About Us by clicking here. And for driving directions and public-transit suggestions, click here.

Highlights

Book Arts Salon
Tuesday Sep 2, 7pm
Kate Godfrey will present The Art of Selling. The Book Arts Salon (formerly the Bookarts Users Group, or BUG) is a free and informal gathering for local artists and writers to convene and converse. Fere and everyone is welcome.

Roadworks: Steamroller Prints
Sat Sep 20, 12 noon to 5 pm
Join us for our 5th annual street fair on De Haro Street between 16th and 17th Streets. Local artists will be creating unique large-scale linoleum block carvings printed with a three-ton steamroller, dozens of book arts vendors will be selling their wares, there'll be free children's activities, music, and a chance to pull your very own letterpress print in the SFCB studio. See photos from previous events and find out more here.

Looking to Buy or Sell Equipment?
Check out our Equipment Exchange Bulletin Board

Visit Bookmaking for Kids
The Teacher Features blog has a new name and a new location. Please click Bookmaking with Kids to explore this resource for finding book projects to make with kids—in the classroom, at home, in libraries and at community events.

In the Austin/Burch Gallery: Banned and Recovered: Artists Respond to Censorship
Aug 15 - Nov 26
This exhibition presents work by visual artists in response to books that have been repressed, censored or banned. Click here to see a list of public programs associted with the exihibition.

Support the SFCB When You Shop On Amazon
Did you know that you can help the Center when you shop at Amazon.com? It's easy, by using this link to order, a portion of your purchase price will automatically go to the SFCB.

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